birey

Borrowed from Spanish virrey.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɾej/ [ˈbiː.ɾeɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -iɾej
• Syllabification: bi‧rey

birey (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜒᜌ᜔)

1. viceroy

• bireyna

• “birey”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• Biyer.

Cognate with Bashkir берәү (berəw), Kazakh біреу (bıreu), Kyrgyz бирөө (biröö, “one (of several); someone, something”), Southern Altai бирӱ (birü, “one (of several); one piece”), Karachay-Balkar биреу (birew, “somebody”), Kumyk бирев (birew, “somebody”), Uzbek birov (“one; someone”).

• IPA^(key): [biɾej]

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birey (definite accusative bireyi, plural bireyler)

1. individual